Rail-joint.



No. 795,800. PATENTBD JULY 25, 1905.

J. H. ALLEN.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 26,1904.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1905.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,397.

T0 CLM whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that l, JOHN H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear', and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part f this specification.

rlhe objects of this invention are to provide a durable, strong, and effective union or joint for railway-rails, to reduce the cost of construction and secure greater durability and strength where supported by the ties, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

forth and inally embraced in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1n which llke numerals of reference indicate correspondmg parts in each of the figures,

AFigure 1 is a plan of my improved joint, and

Fig. 2 is asection of the same, taken atline In said drawings, 3 3 indicate the rails; t 4, the connecting-plates or angle-bars; 5 5, the bolts for fastening said angle-bars to the rails, and 6 a base-plate adapted to extend beneath the base-iiange 7 of the rail and project laterally and oppositely beyond the longitudinal edges of said base-flange.

8 8 8 indicate the spikes for fastening the angle-bar and base-plate to the ties, (not shown,) the said base-plate being perforated near its opposite longitudinal edges, as at 61, and the outer lower edge of the angle bars being notched, as at 4.1, to receive said spikes. The base-plate 6 at its opposite lower edges is of somewhat greater thickness than the central parts, as shown in Fig. 2, shoulders 9 being formed in practice about an inch in from the edge on the upper side of the base-plate. The approximately horizontal or inclined outer extensions 10 of the angle-bars 4 are on their under sides provided with longitudinal ribs 11, which form shoulders 12, adapted to engage the shoulders 9 of the base-plate 6, and thus when the upper parts of the angle-bars are drawn together by the bolt 5 and the spikes 8 are driven into the ties the contiguous right-angular shoulders 9 and 12 will enter into engagement and hold the parts firmly in place, securing great rigidity of the members and dispensing with all openings or slots on the under side of the base-plate tending to reduce the surface-bearing upon the ties and into which the soft wood of the ties may work.

The ribs 11 of the extensions 10 serve to prevent any material displacement of the baseplate, and yet there is no obstruction presented to the Operation of taking up the wear by means of the-bolt 5, as will be obvious.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The improved rail-joint comprising a base-plate consisting of a single piece of metal wider than the base-flange of the rail and having raised shoulders at its opposite edges, rails seated directly on said base-plate and between said shoulders, angle-bars interposed between the head and iiange of the rail andl having approximately horizontal extensions, each with a rib on the under side which engages a right-angular shoulder of the baseplate, bolts extending through the web of the rail and said connecting-plates to hold said parts together, and spikes extending through said horizontal parts of the connecting-plates and the base-plate.

2. The improved rail-joint, comprising a base-plate having raised shoulders at its opposite edges, and providing intermediate of said shoulders, a seat upon which the rail may rest, and connecting-plates having bearings to engage the under side of the head of the rail and theupper sides of the base-anges of said rail, and having horizontal extensions adapted to project beyond lthe edges of said baseflanges, said horizontal extensions having on the under side, back from the extremities of said extensions,` ribs which engage the inner sides of said shoulders, bolts for holding the bearings of the connecting-plates against the" rails and spikes projecting through the horizontal extensions and said base-plate and holding the ribs against the shoulders, substanl Witnesses:

have hereunto set my hand this 1*-1th day of February, 1904.

JOHN H. ALLEN.

tiaily as set forth.

CHARLES H. PELL, In testimony that I claim the foregoing I C. B. PITNEY. 

